Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania
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Labor Force Data

  

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 6,459.2 6,433.5 6,430.8 6,472.1 6,439.9 (P) 6,388.0

Employment (1)

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 5,972.9 5,930.6 5,931.3 5,937.3 5,898.4 (P) 5,847.9

Unemployment (1)

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 486.3 502.9 499.5 534.8 541.6 (P) 540.1

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 7.5 7.8 7.8 8.3 8.4 (P) 8.5

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

  

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 5,708.2 5,672.1 5,648.3 5,634.1 5,625.5 (P) 5,620.7

12-month % change
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 -1.9 -2.4 -2.9 -3.1 -3.1 (P) -3.2

Mining and Logging (3)

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 23.0 23.0 23.2 23.4 23.6 (P) 23.7

12-month % change
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 7.0 6.5 6.9 6.8 7.3 (P) 7.7

Construction (3)

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 244.6 239.9 234.8 234.5 234.9 (P) 232.0

12-month % change
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 -6.0 -7.1 -9.4 -9.3 -8.5 (P) -9.1

Manufacturing (3)

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 602.1 589.4 581.6 577.4 573.2 (P) 572.1

12-month % change
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 -7.9 -9.7 -10.5 -11.1 -11.4 (P) -11.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 1,110.4 1,101.3 1,096.6 1,096.1 1,093.1 (P) 1,089.6

12-month % change
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 -2.1 -2.8 -3.1 -3.1 -3.2 (P) -3.5

Information (3)

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 99.2 98.7 99.0 98.0 98.0 (P) 97.7

12-month % change
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 -7.8 -7.9 -8.2 -8.8 -7.9 (P) -7.5

Financial Activities (3)

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 324.3 321.3 318.1 316.3 316.0 (P) 313.8

12-month % change
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 -2.1 -3.0 -3.9 -4.4 -4.4 (P) -4.9

Professional & Business Services (3)

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 688.5 684.2 680.0 673.9 668.1 (P) 666.9

12-month % change
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 -3.3 -3.9 -4.6 -5.4 -6.0 (P) -6.2

Education & Health Services (3)

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 1,112.1 1,115.1 1,118.7 1,117.1 1,123.3 (P) 1,123.2

12-month % change
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 1.9 2.1 2.1 1.8 2.3 (P) 2.0

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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 498.7 494.8 491.3 493.1 494.5 (P) 495.6

12-month % change
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 -1.1 -1.7 -2.7 -2.7 -1.7 (P) -1.9

Other Services (3)

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 253.9 254.1 252.2 251.2 249.1 (P) 250.3

12-month % change
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 -0.2 0.4 -0.8 -1.2 -2.0 (P) -1.5

Government (3)

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 751.4 750.3 752.8 753.1 751.7 (P) 755.8

12-month % change
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 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.5 (P) 1.4

Mass layoffs

  

Layoff events, all industries (4)

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 141 140 168 227 194 202

Initial claimants, all industries (4)

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 11,683 12,281 15,378 20,392 18,363 18,080

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) See About the data.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: August 25, 2009

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Pennsylvania includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

 

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

Employment & Unemployment

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